Clinical features and pathobiology of Ebolavirus infection

AA Ansari - Journal of autoimmunity, 2014 - Elsevier
There has clearly been a deluge of international press coverage of the recent outbreak of
Ebolavirus in Africa and is partly related to the “fear factor” that comes across when one is …

Molecular mechanisms of Ebola virus pathogenesis: focus on cell death

L Falasca, C Agrati, N Petrosillo, A Di Caro… - Cell Death & …, 2015 - nature.com
Ebola virus (EBOV) belongs to the Filoviridae family and is responsible for a severe disease
characterized by the sudden onset of fever and malaise accompanied by other non-specific …

Hippo signaling pathway regulates Ebola virus transcription and egress

J Liang, MA Djurkovic, CG Leavitt, O Shtanko… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Filovirus-host interactions play important roles in all stages of the virus lifecycle. Here, we
identify LATS1/2 kinases and YAP, key components of the Hippo pathway, as critical …

Protein kinase C δ signaling is required for dietary prebiotic-induced strengthening of intestinal epithelial barrier function

RY Wu, M Abdullah, P Määttänen, AVC Pilar… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Prebiotics are non-digestible oligosaccharides that promote the growth of beneficial gut
microbes, but it is unclear whether they also have direct effects on the intestinal mucosal …

Chaperone-assisted selective autophagy targets filovirus VP40 as a client and restricts egress of virus particles

J Liang, MA Djurkovic, O Shtanko… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The filovirus VP40 protein directs virion egress, which is regulated either positively or
negatively by select VP40–host interactions. We demonstrate that host BAG3 and HSP70 …

The role of cytokines and chemokines in filovirus infection

SL Bixler, AJ Goff - Viruses, 2015 - mdpi.com
Ebola-and marburgviruses are highly pathogenic filoviruses and causative agents of viral
hemorrhagic fever. Filovirus disease is characterized by a dysregulated immune response …

[HTML][HTML] SMAD proteins: Mediators of diverse outcomes during infection

LYS Lai, NP Gracie, A Gowripalan, LM Howell… - European journal of cell …, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the relationship between host and pathogen is key to combatting disease.
SMAD transcription factors, which transmit TGF-β superfamily signalling, mediate an array of …

Viruses as key modulators of the TGF‐β pathway; a double‐edged sword involved in cancer

H Mirzaei, E Faghihloo - Reviews in medical virology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Transforming growth factor‐β (TGF‐β) signaling pathway is a key network in cell signaling
that controls vital processes such as proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, epithelial …

In the shadow: The emerging role of long non-coding RNAs in the immune response of Atlantic salmon

E Tarifeño-Saldivia, D Valenzuela-Miranda… - Developmental & …, 2017 - Elsevier
The genomic era has increased the research effort to uncover how the genome of an
organism, and specifically the transcriptome, is modulated after interplaying with pathogenic …

Virus-encoded miRNAs in Ebola virus disease

J Duy, AN Honko, LA Altamura, SL Bixler… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Ebola virus (EBOV) is a negative-strand RNA virus that replicates in the cytoplasm and
causes an often-fatal hemorrhagic fever. EBOV, like other viruses, can reportedly encode its …